Erick's intuition screamed in anger, "Everyone, fall back! Spread out now!" he barked, his tone laced with urgent fear.
Yet — It was tragically too late.
Boooooom!
Raj's head swelled like a balloon, his body inflating before bursting with the ferocity of a missile strike.
And this horror was just the prelude.
Boooooom!
Boooooom!
Boooooom!
Boooooom!
One by one, hundreds of spectral hell spirits surged through the mist.
They infiltrated deviants and soldiers alike, seizing their corporeal forms and turning them into living bombs.
Sergeant Li grabbed his radio, shouting into it as explosions continued around him. "Command! It's not an attack—it's an invasion! We need backup!"
Private Chen crouched behind a shattered wall, whispering to herself in a mix of fear and awe, "This is a nightmare... Are these even alive?"